Since then, members of UN staff wrote an online petition to outgoing Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, bewailing the ambassadorship and demanding that the organisation 'reconsider.'

'It is alarming,' they fretted, 'that the United Nations would consider using a character with an overtly sexualised image at a time when the headline news in United States and the world is the objectification of women and girls.'

Casually chic: Black thick-rimmed butterfly sunglasses were sat on her face, and she emphasised her toned legs in a pair of intricately patterned grey aand black leggings

That petition gained 44,893 supporters out of a 45,000 goal, but still struck its intended blow: last month, the UN revoked Wonder Woman's ambassadorship.

'When people argue that Wonder Woman should "cover up," I don’t quite get it,' Gadot fumed to Time in the wake of the decision.

'They say: "If she’s smart and strong, she can’t also be sexy." That’s not fair,' insisted the former Israel Defence Forces soldier. 'Why can’t she be all of the above?'

Incoming: This summer, the actress will reprise her Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice role as Wonder Woman in the forthcoming Justice League film